In August, Covered California announced that 2018 premiums would rise 12.5 percent statewide. But the exchange also warned that additional hikes could be in store if President Trump failed to commit to continued funding for the cost-sharing subsidies that educe some consumers’ out-of-pocket expenses.
Sure enough, the subsidies appear to be ending, and so to is Obamacare's affordability for many Californian's.